Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

I Am The Black Ball

nesting under

Yards & Yards of White Satin

lined with feather boa

for an art school project

thirty-two years ago

–

I Am The Black Pearl

making People feel uncomfortable

like The Grit

inside an orgasmic oyster

lined with Phosphorescence

–

I Am The Black Jesus

in a White World of Innocence

here to make People understand

Their True Beginnings

of Sperm & Egg

& how They, We, have arrived

at Our Present Global Form

–

I Am The Blanket Of Night

with The Moon Glowing

underneath

echoing The Face of Humanity

for All of Us

to see Our Selves

with Newly Opened Eyes